Tag Archives: Present

Thought For the Day: One Cannot and Must Not Try To Erase the Past Merely Because It Does Not Fit the Present

Posted on April 19, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.” – Golda Meir

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First Principles: It Is Not Easy To Be Wise For All Times. Not Even For the Present ; Much Less For the Future: and Those Who Judge the Past Must Recollect That When It Was Present, the Present Was Future

Posted on January 8, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“It is not easy to be wise for all Times. Not even for the present; much less for the future: and those who judge of the past must recollect that when it was present, the present was future.” – Gouverneur … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Your Present Circumstances Don’t Determine Where You Can Go, They Merely Determine Where You Start

Posted on January 1, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go, they merely determine where you start.” – Nido Qubei

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Thought For the Day: A Daughter Is the Happy Memories of the Past, the Joyful Moments of the Present, and the Hope and Promise of the Future

Posted on December 23, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future.” – Bruce Barton (Imagine the joy in having two daughters with different interests and beautiful hearts.)

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First Principles: Despotism Often Presents Itself As the Repairer of All the Ills Suffered, the Support of Just Rights, Defender of the Oppressed, and Founder of Order

Posted on November 4, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Despotism often presents itself as the repairer of all the ills suffered, the support of just rights, defender of the oppressed, and founder of order.” – Alexis de Tocqueville — Anyone who has not yet cast their ballot in this … Continue reading →

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Thought For Today: Most of All, Perhaps, We Need Intimate Knowledge of the Past. Not That the Past Has Any Magic About It, But Because We Cannot Study the Future

Posted on October 16, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Most of all, perhaps, we need intimate knowledge of the past. Not that the past has any magic about it, but because we cannot study the future, and yet need something to set against the present, to remind us that … Continue reading →

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First Principles: America’s Present Need Is Not Heroics But Healing; Not Nostrums but Normalcy; Not Revolution But Restoration

Posted on September 30, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“America’s present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration.” – Warren G. Harding

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On Our Wedding Day

Posted on August 13, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

On Our Wedding Dayby Michael DoyleWe go much better together than apartWe feel as if we’re one in our heartsGiving our all and living the presentAlways ready to give our 100 percentI’ve leaned on the Lord to do thisThough I … Continue reading →

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Cheap Candles Finding Gold

Posted on June 8, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Cheap Candles Finding Goldby Michael DoyleAsk any Rabbi, and you’re sure to findA story or two to give sight to the blindIt’s a whispered rumor illustrating the taleOf how those with pride are sure to fallEven cheap candles can illuminate … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Historians Tell the Story of the Past, Novelists the Story of the Present

Posted on May 29, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Historians tell the story of the past, novelists the story of the present.” – Edmond de Goncourt, writer, critic, and publisher (26 May 1822-1896)

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